From Patricia Donovan:

David and All,

I've been reading the discussion entries and find them quite
interesting. I'm wondering how teacher content knowledge plays into
formative assessment. It seems to me that sufficient content knowledge
is a prerequisite to insightful formative assessment. In other words, if
I do not understand the knowledge underpinning the division of
fractions, for instance, it seems it would be difficult to assess
learner knowledge and to develop appropriate instructional responses.

Tricia Donovan


SABES "Training Leaders in Adult Basic Education"

Tricia Donovan, Ed.D.
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